041218-N-8539M-176 Pacific Ocean (Dec. 18, 2004) Ð The guided missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) and the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) destroyer JDS Kirisame (DD 104) maneuver aft of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a joint exercise involving several Navy and Japanese ships. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean on a scheduled deployment. Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) is the first to be used in the surge role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan. Navy ph
041218-N-8539M-176 Pacific Ocean (Dec. 18, 2004) Ð The guided missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) and the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) destroyer JDS Kirisame (DD 104) maneuver aft of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a joint exercise involving several Navy and Japanese ships. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean on a scheduled deployment. Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) is the first to be used in the surge role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Nicholas B. Morton (RELEASED) US Navy 041218-N-8539M-176 The guided missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) and the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) destroyer JDS Kirisame (DD 104) maneuver aft of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
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